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The following blog was posted as a comment (by Vikool Shrestha (Hada)) to one of my previous blogs on the relevant topic. The insight on the story is very interesting. However I cannot ascertain any credibility to the story presented below as I’m not an expert in the history/origin of any ethnic groups. I’m not…

8 lecture series on the theme “Conservation Biology and Wildlife Genetics in Nepal” was held at Kathmandu University. The lecture series was given by Prof Dr Jacques Van Alphen (University of Amsterdam) and Dr Laura Bertola (Leiden University) and was jointly organized by Himalayan Tiger Foundations and Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal (CMDN). (24-25 Nov…

In early January 2010, a news covered by Kantipur Television News struck my mind. The then Minister for Science & Technology of Nepal had pleaded the cabinet to assign him some work as he was apparently “jobless” even after holding the top-notch post in the science & technology field. You could just make a rough…

One evening, few years back, my grandpa passed down a legacy to me and my cousins – the story of our ancestors. I belong to a Newar community which is one among the indigenous people of Kathmandu Valley. Newars have been living in Kathmandu valley from the prehistoric times. As per my grandpa, our ancestors…

As the Great King of Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah, puts it – “Nepal is a yam between the two big stones”. Certainly this context is even more relevant today. Nepal is a land between the two giants – India and China. Both are emerging superpowers of the world in terms of sociology-economics to the current…

Here is a recent newspaper article published in The Nagarik News on October 20, 2011 on the current situation and recent effort in development of Biotechnology in Nepal including its harsh challenges. The article was written by my teacher and my boss Dr. Sameer Mani Dixit who at present is also working as the Team…

Science cannot survive without communication. Scientists communicate their ideas through their scholarly papers in a scientific journal. It is an undisputed fact that scientific progress serves as a development indicator of any nation and that is where scientific journal publication serves for national development. The history of scientific journals dates back to 1665 (Wikipedia: Scientific…